Skyhub- Entertainment Unlimited
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, is now taking delivery of its first A330-200 aircraft retrofitted with Panasonic Avionics Corporation’s (Panasonic) Global Communications Suite. The comprehensive communications and entertainment solution, ‘Skyhub’, offers passengers onboard full broadband connectivity to access internet, mobile phone services and, for the first time in the world, a global, live television service onboard. The Panasonic’s Global Communications Suite is being installed across Gulf Air’s entire fleet of aircraft progressively.
Unveiling the ‘Skyhub’ onboard the aircraft, using Panasonic’s Global Communications Suite, Gulf Air will offer two-way broadband connectivity at speeds of up to 50 Mbps to the aircraft, enabling faster browsing, chatting and other internet based services. Gulf Air will offer deeply immersive, content-rich entertainment in addition to live, uninterrupted television services on routes across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
You will no longer have to wait in anxiety until you land to find out scores from your favorite sporting events or news from around the world. Now you can watch their favorite football teams on IMG Media’s Barclays Premier League channel or keep up with world events on favorite news channels such as BBC World News, BBC Arabic and Euronews.
You also will be able to browse the web at broadband speeds, and access social media services such as Facebook and Twitter. In addition, if you're travelling for business, can access your virtual private network (VPN) to send and receive emails while watching live-news and stock market updates at 35,000 feet. You simply need to turn on your personal device, connect to the in-flight Wi-Fi network, and log onto the service through Deutsche Telekom, the wireless internet service provider onboard.
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Stay tuned with Live TV
- BBC English/ Arabic
- EuroNews English/ French/ German/ Spanish
- Premier League Sports
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Stay in touch using your mobile phone
- Stay in touch using your mobile phone
- Calls, SMS and mobile internet
- Keep up-to-date with Blackberry email
- Stay in touch with social networks
- Explore new destinations by browsing the internet
- No registration or set up, just turn on your phone
- Billed by your home Mobile Service Provider
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Stay connected with high speed internet
- High speed corporate VPN access
- Easy access to business conferences (WEBEX)
- FTP high speed upload/ download
- VOIP (Voice Over Intenet Protocol)
- Easy streaming to web videos
- Immediate Access to Secure Credit Card
- Authentication Portals
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